while kiyomasa never forgot his lifelong loyalty to the toyotomi clan , he recognized the ruling power of ieyasu , who frightened him . 清正は豊臣氏への忠義を終生忘れなかったが、家康を恐れその天下も認めていた。
accordingly , the ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code ) started to lose its ruling power that had lasted only for a short period . これにより早くも律令制は崩れ始めていく。
jito enhanced their ruling power at shoen/koryo through their activities of encouraging agriculture and as a result , disputes with the lords of shoen frequently occurred . 地頭たちは荘園・公領において、勧農の実施などを通じて自らの支配を拡大し、領主との紛争が多く発生した。
although nobunaga was killed by rebellion of mitsuhide akechi , the ruling power was shifted to the hand of hideyoshi toyotomi , and yoshiaki was not able to re-establish muromachi bakufu . しかし、信長は明智光秀の謀叛に倒れるものの、天下は豊臣秀吉の手に移り、幕府の再興はならなかった。
